Microeconomic Principles and Problems : A Pluralist Introduction (Hardcover)

Dedication Preface Acknowledgements PART I: Economics: A Pluralistic Definition 1. What is Economics? 2. Scarcity, Opportunity Cost and Choice PART II: The Evolution of Economic Systems and Economic Thought 3. The Evolution of Pre-Capitalist Economic Systems 4. Adam Smith and the Rise of Capitalism 5. Karl Marx and the Dark Ages of Capitalism 6. Thorstein Veblen and Monopoly Capitalism 7. Keynes and Mixed Market Capitalism 8. Modern Economic Systems Part III: Markets, Supply and Demand 9. Markets and how they work 10. Applications of Supply and Demand 11. Consumer and Supplier Behavior PART IV: Market Structures and Corporations 12. Different types of market structures 13. Short Run and Long Run Costs of Production 14. Perfect Competition and competitive markets 15. Monopoly and Monopoly Power 16. Monopolistic Competition 17. Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior 18. Corporations and their role in society Part V: Government Intervention in Microeconomic Markets 19. Market Failure and Government Failure 20. The Economics of the Environment and Climate Change 21. Public Goods and Services Part VI: Labor Markets and Inequality 22. Working for a Living: The Labor Market 23. Inequality: Class, Race, Gender and Distribution Part VII: International Microeconomics 24. International Microeconomics: Trade and Exchange Rates Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts Index